UFC bringing big event, Fan Expo to Houston in October

It’s been a long time since Houston has hosted a UFC event, but the company is making it up to us in a big way.

The city will play host to a major UFC event on October 8. The show will be at the Toyota Center, and if everything works out, will feature Cain Velasquez facing the winner of Junior dos Santos and Brock Lesnar in the main event. Lesnar and dos Santos face off next month at UFC 131 to determine the number one contender. It’s still uncertain if Velasquez will be ready in time, but UFC officials expect to know more next week and have told me that it would be the ideal main event for the Houston card.

But that’s not all. The UFC Fan Expo is also coming to Houston, and will be held at George R. Brown Convention Center on October 7-8.

I’ll get more information as soon as possible. For now, though, start making plans to engulf yourself in UFC action for an entire weekend.